How come virtually all MOBO and nearly all GPU manufacturers are from the Far East?

6644kp · 29 May 2011 at 11:10

For example for MOBO's

Gigabyte - Taiwanese
MSI - Taiwanese
Asus - Taiwanese
BioStar - Taiwanese
Asrock - Taiwanese

The only American manufacturers are EVGA and Intel but they only make a few models.

Lets look at GPU's

Palit - Chinese
PNY - American
Zotac - Chinese
Asus - Taiwanese
Point of View - Dutch
Gigabyte - Taiwanese
MSI - Taiwanese
KFA2 - Chinese
EVGA - American
Gainward - Taiwanese
Sapphire - Chinese

Once again almost complete Taiwanese and Chinese domination.

What happened to all the American manufacturers??!

Disco Boy · 29 May 2011 at 11:11

It's no different to anything else, pick up almost anything around you and read where it was made, it's likely to be the far east. Things come down to cost at the end of the day.

arknor · 29 May 2011 at 11:14

cheap labour

SeraphX · 29 May 2011 at 11:15

arknor said:
cheap labour

this tbh, increases the profit margin Vs manufactering costs

Randomface74 · 29 May 2011 at 11:16

competition - they all have to keep costs as low as each other

6644kp · 29 May 2011 at 11:16

But even American manufacturers produce their products in China so it cant be because of cheap labour?

scrlk · 29 May 2011 at 11:18

6644kp said:
But even American manufacturers produce their products in China so it cant be because of cheap labour?

Cheap labour. That's all it is at the end of the day.

6644kp · 29 May 2011 at 11:22

American Desktop/Laptop manufacturers are still doing well

HP
Dell
Gateway
eMachines
Compaq

VS

Asus
Acer
Lenovo

J-FRO · 29 May 2011 at 11:29

Vinni3 @H|H said:
Cheap labour. That's all it is at the end of the day.

+1 exactly. You're not really going to get labour any cheaper than out there.

Surveyor · 29 May 2011 at 11:30

6644kp said:
But even American manufacturers produce their products in China so it cant be because of cheap labour?

Of course they do.

Labour costs are far less in the far east than the USA.

Surveyor · 29 May 2011 at 11:31

6644kp said:
American Desktop/Laptop manufacturers are still doing well

HP
Dell
Gateway
eMachines
Compaq

VS

Asus
Acer
Lenovo

American in name only.

The products they sell (or at least the components in them) are manufactured in the far east.

The biggest names in the USA, Intel and Apple, have their products manufactured abroad.

See the difference in cost to manufacture the iPad 2 in China and the USA:

How Much Would The iPad 2 Cost If It Was Made In The U.S.A?

scrlk · 29 May 2011 at 11:35

6644kp said:
American Desktop/Laptop manufacturers are still doing well

HP
Dell
Gateway
eMachines
Compaq

VS

Asus
Acer
Lenovo

I think most of the American manufactures outsource development mostly to OEMs like Foxconn and Quanta.

d_brennen · 29 May 2011 at 11:36

Cheap skilled labour, closeness to resources, lax taxation laws. There are loads of fabrication plants outside the far east though.

Stormyx · 29 May 2011 at 12:16

arknor said:
cheap labour

This, sad but true >.<

PhillyDee · 29 May 2011 at 12:24

Not only that, but pretty much non existant health and safety laws.

panyan · 29 May 2011 at 12:40

probably because people from the far east are very meticulous, hard working and diligent and so not have the problem of western greed so are prepared to work for less

olivier renault · 29 May 2011 at 12:58

panyan said:
probably because people from the far east are very meticulous, hard working and diligent and so not have the problem of western greed so are prepared to work for less

=XDC=FluphyBunny · 29 May 2011 at 13:10

panyan said:
probably because people from the far east are very meticulous, hard working and diligent and so not have the problem of western greed so are prepared to work for less

lol whats life like living in a bubble?

As said cheap skilled labour less stringent laws = more profit